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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Bound in dark brown boards,with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Very good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Bound in dark brown boards,with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Wear and age toning to both wrappers, some loss of surface print detail to rear wrapper otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some staining, wear and age toning to the wrappers of the 1920 edition, some wear and darkening to the wrappers of the 1921 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1925. 59th & 62nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear with slight loss to wrapper edges of the 1922 edition, the wrappers of the 1925 edition stained, worn and age toned with some slight loss to edges otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926, 1927 and 1928. 63rd, 64th & 65th editions. All three edition bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Soiling, wear and age toning to the wrappers of the 1926 and 1928 editions with some wear and loss to wrapper corners and edges, the 1927 edition with some wear and staining to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929 and 1930. 66th & 67th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and loss to wrapper corners and edges of each edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933, 1953, 1954 and 1955. Original hardback editions. The 1933 edition with dulling to gilt titles and a little wear to extremities otherwise in good/very good condition, excellent internally. The other three editions with dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good+ condition. Sold with softback editions for 1948 to 1952, 1958, 1988 and 1995. Bowing to a greater or smaller degree to the spines of the 1948, 1949,... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931 and 1932. 68th & 69th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers, ink signature of ownership to the front wrapper of the 1932 edition otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933 and 1934. 70th & 71st editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear, soiling and age toning to wrappers otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935 and 1936. 72nd & 73rd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1935 edition in good condition, the 1936 with staining to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original paper covers. Slight bowing and wear to spine otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938, 1939 and 1940. 75th, 76th & 77th editions. Original cloth covers. Bowing to the spines of all three and wear to wrappers otherwise in fair condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 3200 paper copies printed in this war year. Worn and soiled covers and spine paper, breaking to front and rear internal hinges, soiling to page block otherwise in generally good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 4100 paper copies printed in this war year. Some wear and discolouration to covers and spine paper, soiling to page block edge otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Slight discolouration to covers otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Slightly cocked spine to the right, some very slight discolouration to covers otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. The 1946 and 1948 are original hardback editions, the other three edition are original limp cloth covered editions. All with some faults, from faded gilt titles, broken internal hinges, bowing to spines, soiling and wear to covers and boards, the 1949 edition with detached covers otherwise in about fair/good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1867. 4th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some loss of spine paper, slight breaking to page block, some wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise good/very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1870. 7th edition. Original paper wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers otherwise in very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1871. 8th edition. Original paper wrappers. Old tape to spine and vertical edge of wrappers near to the spine, some wear to wrappers, small loss to the lower border of the front wrapper and bottom corner of the rear wrapper, handwritten signature of ownership to the top of the front wrapper otherwise in good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1872. 9th edition. Original paper wrappers. Tape to spine and left hand corner of wrappers, breaking to page block, light soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1873. 10th edition. Bound in quarter leather brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1876. 13th edition. Original paper wrappers. Light soiling and wear to wrappers, very minor loss to spine paper, slight split where the spine paper meets the rear wrapper otherwise in very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1877. 14th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some soiling and minor wear to wrappers and spine paper, slight loss to spine paper at the head and the base, soiling to page block edges otherwise in good/very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1878. 15th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear, fading and slight loss to wrappers and spine paper, tape to spine and vertical edge of the wrappers, handwritten signature of ownership to the top corner of the front wrapper, front wrapper becoming detached otherwise in good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. 16th edition. Bound in quarter leather brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Poor, faded and worn wrappers, internally in good/very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. 17th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some age toning to wrappers, slight loss to front wrapper extremities otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. 18th edition. Original paper wrappers. Small chip/loss to top left hand corner of the front wrapper otherwise in very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. 19th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some slight age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. 21st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to spine with small amount of loss to spine paper, some wear and slight soiling to wrappers, some slight breaking to book block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. 22nd edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. 23rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some staining to the front wrapper and to a lesser extent the rear wrapper, odd further minor faults otherwise in good+ condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers, odd further minor faults otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Bound in maroon boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. 28th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear with small loss to wrapper extremities name handwritten to top right hand corner area of front wrapper otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Bound in green boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear to boards, slight age toning to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor wear and staining to rear wrapper otherwise in good+ condition.... View full lot details